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"A reliable and arguably preferable alternative to plugin-based solutions": Audient Oria Mini review

MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing products to help you choose the best music-making gear for you. Find out more about how we test. Last year, ...
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Audient says its ORIA Mini room correction system will "make any speakers sound better"

British audio specialists Audient have partnered with Sonarworks to announce the release of ORIA Mini. A room correction system housed in a dedicated hardware device that sits between your interface ...
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Audient’s ORIA Mini is the set-and-forget hardware that will fix your studio’s acoustic imperfections so that you can create better mixes

You can have the greatest mixing skills, the best speakers and the most golden of ears, but if the room you’re working in isn’t right, your music can still end up sounding a little off. Your studio’s ...
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“Once you own a Nuno guitar, you are part of my family. Let’s ride!” Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt leaves Washburn to launch his own guitar company and debuts two new S ...

“What I’m most excited about as the Founder and CEO of my new company is, communicating directly with players and fans who will get to play the exact guitars that I play on stage and in the studio.
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“He’s on all of the songs, including one that’s 13 minutes - we just didn’t want Pino to ever stop playing": Miley Cyrus pays tribute to legendary bassist Pino ...

If I only had one person to choose to play bass with for the rest of my days, I would choose Pino Palladino,” says Questlove ...
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“Designed to deliver versatile, authentic sound for amp modellers and compact amp-simulation pedals”: Line 6 introduces multi-voicing for active guitar speakers as the ...

Available in 1x12 and 2x12 formats, the Powercab CL offers players the choice of six switchable virtual speakers based on ...
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“I think I ran nearly every piece of audio on the album through it. It took forever”: Alex G on the ultra-rare vintage compressor that shaped the sound of Headlights

We sit down with the Philadelphian indie rock auteur and his co-producer Jacob Portrait to hear about the making of his tenth studio album and major-label debut ...
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“The ultimate library of bass tones”: IK Multimedia’s Tonex amp modelling suite arrives for bass guitar – with pedals, software and lots and lots of tones

IK Multimedia unveils a Tonex and Tonex One that is designed for bass players, and backs it up with a software suite replete with all the low-end bass amp classics and then some ...
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Fender introduces Link I/O and Fender Studio, a potentially potent and exceptionally portable little combo

New and Open are fairly self-explanatory, but the most interesting one to us is Jam. Here, the software opens up a choice of well-produced and completely free Jam tracks, including separated stems ...
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“Yes, you will be getting a new album next year. It is done”: Ronnie Wood confirms a new Stones album is on the way

The guitarist was apparently collared by a reporter from The Sun’s Bizarre column at a signing event at RS No 9, in Carnaby Street, London. When asked about a new Stones record, Wood said: “Yes, you ...
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“The essential building blocks of any ‘board”: Fender adds vintage analogue heat to the Hammertone pedal lineup with the Breakup Drive and Boost, both with switchable ...

The Hammertone Breakup Drive and Hammertone Boost have abundant tone-sweetening powers with lots of bang for your buck ...
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You can now buy Ableton Live 12 Suite on a rent-to-own plan

Currently, Ableton's rent-to-own plan is only available for Live 12 Suite. The DAW is available in three editions ( Intro, Standard and Suite) with Suite at the top end, bundled with 20 software ...